compasión

/[kõmpaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,236

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

compasión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Estado anímico de conmiseración o lástima que se tiene hacia los que sufren alguna desgracia o penalidad. Pronounced [kõmpaˈsjõn]. It ranks #8,236 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with compasivo and compasiva.

Key facts for compasión
PropertyValue
Headwordcompasión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõmpaˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,236
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of compasión in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for compasión is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmpaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,236 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Estado anímico de conmiseración o lástima que se tiene hacia los que sufren alguna desgracia o penalidad.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for compasión, with forms such as "ccompasión", "cmopasión", and "comapsión". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "compasivo", "compasiva", "compresión", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is compasión, spelled C-O-M-P-A-S-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estado anímico de conmiseración o lástima que se tiene hacia los que sufren alguna desgracia o penalidad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccompasión,cmopasión,comapsión,commpasión,compación,compaisón,compasinó,compasiónn,compassión,compasóin,comppasión,compsaión,copmasión,ocmpasión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for compasión

Misspelling Variants of "compasión"

ccompasión10cmopasión9comapsión9commpasión10compación9compaisón9compasinó9compasiónn10
Misspelling Variants of "compasión"

Frequency rank: #8,236 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "compasión"?
"compasión" is spelled C-O-M-P-A-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmpaˈsjõn].
What does "compasión" mean?
As a noun, "compasión" means: Estado anímico de conmiseración o lástima que se tiene hacia los que sufren alguna desgracia o penalidad.
What words are commonly confused with "compasión"?
"compasión" is commonly confused with "compasivo", "compasiva", "compresión". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "compasión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compasión" is [kõmpaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compasión" come from?
"compasión" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.